NEW YORK -- Musician Philip Glass' modern classical scores have been featured in many films, but now the artist himself will hit the big screen.
Koch Lorber Films has acquired U.S. theatrical and home video rights to Scott Hicks' documentary Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts. The feature includes interviews with Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris, Chuck Close, and Christopher Hampton in its exploration of Glass' life and work.
Glass was shot in the 18 months leading up to the artist's 70th birthday last year. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
In addition to composing such operas as Einstein on the Beach, Glass earned three Oscar nominations for scores to Notes on a Scandal, The Hours and Scorsese's Kundun.
Though Hicks is best known as the Oscar-nominated director of Shine, he also helmed such TV docus as Submarines: Sharks of Steel and The Great Wall of Iron.
Glass will premiere in April at New York's IFC Center to coincide with a revival of his opera Satyagraha at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Koch Lorber Films has acquired U.S. theatrical and home video rights to Scott Hicks' documentary Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts. The feature includes interviews with Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris, Chuck Close, and Christopher Hampton in its exploration of Glass' life and work.
Glass was shot in the 18 months leading up to the artist's 70th birthday last year. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
In addition to composing such operas as Einstein on the Beach, Glass earned three Oscar nominations for scores to Notes on a Scandal, The Hours and Scorsese's Kundun.
Though Hicks is best known as the Oscar-nominated director of Shine, he also helmed such TV docus as Submarines: Sharks of Steel and The Great Wall of Iron.
Glass will premiere in April at New York's IFC Center to coincide with a revival of his opera Satyagraha at the Metropolitan Opera House.
- 1/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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